Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Pediatric Surgeon Visit

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Pediatric Surgeon Visit

Today we had an appointment with Wyatt's pediatric surgeon, Dr. A. Wyatt is now becoming comfortable with his doctors and will not cry as much and calls them "doctor." However, I was a little embarrassed when Wyatt called his world-renowned doctor who saved his life- Dr. Phil today!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it!! He said, "Hi Dr. Phil!" then started laughing like it was a joke!!! I don't watch Dr. Phil, but after I thought about it, there was a Sesame Street episode that featured Dr. Phil and the puppet was saying the wrong name- Dr. Feel and the real Dr. Phil was correcting him. Wyatt thought it was funny, so I guess he remembered it and wanted to crack a joke today:) Gosh do I love that boy!!! Anyway, below is his recent chest x-ray from Dec. 16th. Good news is that everything is in the right spot! Wyatt has had three reherniations and was patched with three gortex patches, alloderm, and wire which you can see below. Dr. A was very impressed with Wyatt and asked if he could use his chest x-ray pics from birth to recent in a talk that he is giving in Florida. He said again today that Wyatt was one of the worst case living CDH babies he knows about. Also, Wyatt had a CT scan of his pelvis to monitor a cyst that was forming. Another worry I had... but good news it's disappearing!! So Dr. A said he will see us back in a year. Wyatt's next appt. is Dec. 28th for the synigist (RSV)shot, then sleep study on Jan. 3rd. I guess that's life, when I have time off, we go to doctor's appts.

Look at that beautiful diaphragm!

2 comments:

Unknown said...: Best Christmas news ever. Beautiful chest pictures! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

Laura H.; December 23, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Anonymous said...: Do you have copy writer for so good articles? If so please give me contacts, because this really rocks! :); February 19, 2010 at 2:08 PM

Post a Comment

Hurdles that I faced and achieved!

After birth, I was placed on ECMO at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 13 days. On day 13, I had a surgery to repair my hernia and was removed from ECMO, but my organs would not fit in my abdomen. I had a silo for a week and then surgery to place the organs back in the abdomen. Then, part of my intestines re-herniated into my chest cavity two months later and I had another surgery to repair that. After my first surgery, I experienced an intraventricular hemorrhage in my brain and at four months old I received a VP shunt. After I was extubated, I learned that I have right vocal cord paralysis. Then I had g-tube surgery and after I finally got to go home after 5 longs months at Johns Hopkins and Mt. Washington Hospital! Only for a few weeks, though. In mid-April my intestines reherniated again and sent me into surgery. I came home, and had a long run before my THIRD reherniation in the beginning of September on Labor Day weekend in 2008. Then I was hospitalized for twice during the winter 2009 for two respiratory infections. Well, I almost lasted a year until my next surgery! Just this past June, in 2009, I had surgery to wrap my stomach around the esophagus, a nissen. This has helped with my reflux and my hiatal hernia. I will be 2 in October, I love scooting around but refuse to stand up and walk. I am a little miracle and thank God, my doctors, my nurses, family, and friends for my strength, my fight and a happy life.